The Farmhouse Porch

Monday, September 10, 2012

Welcome to Week 32 of Cowgirl Up! Link Party

Welcome to Week 32 of

Cowgirl Up! Link Party . . .

the party with a cowgirl can-do spirit!

1 Party, 4 Blogs

It's Samantha from Crafty Texas Girls hosting this week.

Around my house we are excited FALL! The weather has gotten a bit cooler (good riddance to those 100+ temps), my girls have started cheering for our youth football team, TCU games are here, and I am brainstorming ideas for my fall decor. After looking back at a few of my projects from last year, I am pretty sure that burlap will be making a comeback in my home!

You can find the tutorials for these projects on the right sidebar of craftytexasgirls.com

And after looking at your posts from last week, I can see you are excited for September too! Everyone gets so creative this time of year. So this week, I have chosen 10 of your best ideas- a bit of fall inspiration, some beautiful home decor, and a yummy recipe too. I hope that they will inspire you to welcome fall, update your home decor and try a new crafty project this month.

1. Get a head start on your fall decor with a bit of gold. Start with this Gilded Pumpkin tutorial shared by "From Generation to Generation" .

2. Is your laundry room/keeping space lacking some pizzazz? Check out this make-over from "Lookie What I Did" and find some inspiration for getting organized.

3. Experiment with a bold color. I love the warm orange wall color and black accents chosen by "Ranger 911" for her French Country Kitchen.

4. Create a new look on your shelves or mantle by shopping your home. "Forever Decorating" showed off her newest 'hutch' decor and how to mix old and new.

5. "Must Love Junk" adds a pop of orange with these sweet little pumpkins.

6. Get the look for less with these gorgeous painted curtains. The perfect way to change the feel of a room. Shared by "The Concrete Cottage".

7. Have you been thrifting lately? "Daisy Mae Belle" knows how and her room reveal will inspire you to look twice the next time you are at a garage sale or Goodwill.

8. "Gwen Moss" wrote an interesting post about what fun Halloween decor you can find at the Dollar Store now. Stock up early, you won't believe what you can find for $1.

9. Invite over a few friends and enjoy this yummy cake with a Pumpkin Spiced Latte. The perfect fall treat. Shared by "100% Molly Made".

10. And finally, "Craftberry Bush" has given me wreath envy! I love the look of hydrangeas and burlap. Challenge yourself to craft a beautiful fall wreath this month.

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Now about the party...

You link up on my blog and your link shows up on four blogs.

More exposure, less time.

Welcome to Week 31 of Cowgirl Up! Link Party

Welcome to Week 31 of

Cowgirl Up! Link Party . . .

the party with a cowgirl can-do spirit!

1 Party, 4 Blogs

It's Anita from Cedar Hill Ranch here.

In the beginning of August, we took a trip to Asheville, NC, enjoyed the cooler weather, the gorgeous views, and downtime with the family. Although some members of our family went zip-lining, white water rafting, and golfing, some of us put our feet up and read; it was a time of refreshing. We stayed at Anne Marie's lovely house in the historic Monford District in Asheville, and the good news is, that you can stay there too click here to see more.

We're back in Texas now, where the weather is decidedly more sauna-like, but it's September now, and that first cool front can't be too far away.

After we got home, and after I got the laundry done, and the kids ready for school, I began work on my BIG, FAT sewing project (slipcovers for my living room.) The sofa and ottoman are done, so just two settees are left to finish, woo hoo!!

But I'm taking a break from sewing just now, to show you these fabulous features from last week's party.

Please, please remember to put the Cowgirl Up button on your linked post. At least TWO posts didn't get featured today because the bloggers did not link back. I don't want that to happen to you, so please add it if you haven't already. If case you are wondering, you need only link back to one of our blogs, not all four. You should be able to find the cowgirl up button on the sidebar of this blog.

Here are the features I selected this week.

Clear Blue Sky's barley twist table goes gray.

Redfly Creations' Our favorite crescent rolls,

Forever Decorating's Fun August Decor

Blue Roof Cabin's kitchen island update

Worthing Court's simply stunning new deck

Simply Vintageous Thinking outside the box

Town and Country Living's How to make little burlap bags,

North Dakota Kitchen's Popcorn Party Cake Style

and

Common Ground's Around the house

Now about the party...

You link up on my blog and your link shows up on four blogs.

More exposure, less time.

We are looking for the latest and greatest projects, tutorials, ideas, crafts, recipes, decor, and inspiring stories. Anything that you are proud to show off.

Cowgirl Up! is the link party that saves you time and brings you inspiration. Doesn't get any easier than that!

What blogs will your link appear on? Check us out below!

Linsey with The Farmhouse Porch

Anita with Cedar Hill Ranch

Amanda with The Ivy Cottage Blog

Samantha with Crafty Texas Girls

The four of us are all Texas bloggers, but you don't have to be Texas, country, western, or own horses to participate in Cowgirl Up! You just need that "can-do", cowgirl spirit!

Cowgirl Up! Link Party Guidelines:

(Please read the guidelines before participating)

* When you link with Cowgirl Up!, your link will automatically show on four different blogs. Awesome!

* Please follow your host blog before linking up on GFC (and if you have a linkyfollow account, then please follow that way too.)

* You may link up decor, DIY, crafts, guest post, recipes, giveaways, sewing, inspiring stories, and anything that you feel related to the listed categories.

* You may link as many links as you want.

* Be sure to include the Cowgirl Up! Button or text link to Cowgirl Up in your linked post, (mine can be found on my sidebar.) Mandatory to be featured!!

* Be courteous and visit the two links before yours. Several projects will be featured each week!

* By linking up you are agreeing that we may use your photos to feature your project in a blog post, on Facebook, Pinterest, or Twitter with a link back to your blog of course.

A Lavender Vignette-Purple Cottage Hydrangea

Hey there! Here is my latest painting for sale. I am in love with it...but I need to sell it. Paintings are like sharks...gotta keep them moving! Thank you to those of you who support me selling my paintings in my posts. I don't really have any other way to get them "out there" without finding a gallery. And I know I have an audience that is into the same "look" as me so I really appreciate you tolerating my sales pitches :D You all are very encouraging and I love you for that♥

This painting is in an antique chunky faded gold frame. I like that the gold paint on really old frames loses its' shiny newness and takes on a bronzy faded patina.

It measures 21"x19" with the frame.

Contact me at thefarmhouseporch@yahoo.com if you are interested in buying. The paint is still wet so it must wait a few weeks before being shipped.